Plucky Manager Promoted, Not Fired

It's a happy ending for the can-do manager of an orphaned fast-food restaurant.

As earlier reported in Out There, Dawna Lentz, the manager of a Seattle Quiznos Sub (search) franchise, kept things going on a shoestring budget for two months after the restaurant's owners dropped out of the picture, deliveries stopped coming and the bank account emptied out.

After the store's dire situation was reported in the Seattle Times last week, the Quiznos company restocked the shelves, paid back wages and began to find new owners.

Lentz, however, was sure she'd be fired for running the restaurant without supervision.

Instead, she's being given more management training in preparation for a promotion and is flying to Quiznos headquarters to meet the company president.

"She's shown loyalty to Quiznos like no other employee has," corporate spokeswoman Stacie Lange told the Times. "Her ability to keep that store afloat through a very difficult time needs to be commended."

She's even getting job offers from competing fast-food chains.

"Ms. Lentz did a remarkable job of overcoming adversity through persistence and creativity," a Wendy's vice president wrote in an e-mail. "We would love to have Dawna on our team."

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Betty Ann Fischer has been old enough to buy liquor for more than 50 years. So she was a little surprised when a grocery store clerk asked to see her identification before selling her a bottle of wine.

"The first time it was a sweet young man, and I laughed because I thought he was trying to pay me a sweet compliment. But then he said, 'No I'm serious,'" the petite 71-year-old said. "I thought he was just joshing with me."

The ID checks at all Roundy's-owned Pick 'N Save (search) and Copps (search) food stores in Wisconsin are part of the company's new policy requiring cashiers to check the age of everyone buying cigarettes or alcohol — whether they look 21 or 91.

The policy has generated complaints from customers, newspaper columnists and even city officials.

Nicky Clauer, 45, said she expects the Milwaukee Pick 'n Save where she shops will lose business. She told a cashier so after she was carded while buying a bottle of vodka.

"I could see doing it for people who look under 21, under 30. But for heaven's sake, when you're 45 and you look it, it's kind of a pain," she said.

Fire officials said the men failed to get permission to use the department's name at the police and firefighters gala last summer.

Investigators reviewed a videotape of the event, which featured nearly nude men who appeared to wear only soap suds on stage and at least two women who were hoisted in the air with their legs around the men's waists.

Others in the show swung badges, wore department pants and held nightsticks.

According to the fire department, 28 firefighters were involved in the event, but there was not enough evidence to punish some, and some did not have on uniforms.

Compiled by FOXNews.com's Paul Wagenseil.

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